Boston lab suspends Covid-19 testing after at least 383 false positives

This article first appeared on MassLive.com. Boston-based laboratory Orig3n halted its coronavirus testing in Massachusetts last month after reporting hundreds of false positive test results, with officials chalking up the mistakes to a lack of direction and proper documentation at the lab, among other factors. In early August, the Massachu setts Department of Public Health opened an investigation after it became aware of an unusually high positive rate of Covid-19 tests reported by Orig3n Laboratory,…
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